ad THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1591. 



flie one from another, if they should happen to meete 

 with any Spanish Gallies. 



These small shippes, accompanied with the Centurion, 

 sayling along the coast of Spaine, were upon Easter day 

 in the Straight of Gibraltar suddenly becalmed, where 

 immediatly they saw sundry Gallies make towards them, 

 in very valiant and couragious sort : the chiefe Leaders 

 and souldiers in those Gallies bravely apparelled in silke 

 coates, with their silver whistles about their neckes, and 

 great plumes of feathers in their hattes, who with their 

 Calivers shot at the Centurion so fast as they might: so 

 that by 10. of the clocke and somewhat before, they had 

 boorded the Centurion, who before their comming had 

 prepared for them, and intended to give them so soure a 

 welcome as they might. And thereupon having prepared 

 their close fights, and all things in a readinesse, they 

 called upon God, on whom onely they trusted : and 

 having made their prayers, and cheered up one another 

 to fight so long as life endured, they beganne to discharge 

 their great Ordinance upon the Gallies, but the little 

 shippes durst not come forward, but lay aloofe, while five 

 Gallies had boorded them, yea and with their grapling 

 irons made their Gallies fast to the said shippe called the 

 Centurion. 



The Gallies were grapled to the Centurion in this 

 maner, two lay on one side, and two on another, and the 

 Admirall lay full in the sterne, which galled and battered 

 the Centurion so sore, that her maine Maste was greatly 

 weakened, her sailes filled with many holes, and the 

 Mizzen and sterne made almost unserviceable. 



During which time there was a sore and deadly fight 

 on both sides, in which the Trumpet of the Centurion 

 sounded foorth the deadly points of warre, and encouraged 

 them to fight manfully against their adversaries : on the 

 contrary part, there was no warlike Musicke in the 

 [II. ii. 1 69. J Spanish Gallies, but onely their whistles of silver, which 

 they sounded foorth to their owne contentment : in which 

 fight many a Spaniard was turned into the Sea, and they 



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